Reviewed by Artemis on
Sigh. I was looking forward to this conclusion to the Young Elites series but I find myself wishing it was longer. I was hoping for something a little darker as well, and perhaps ending in a direction that I hadn’t already guessed. Overall, The Midnight Star wraps the series rather well, something Lu seems to do exceptionally.
Adelina is the character I kept coming back for. She is the perfect antihero, and watching her go off the deep end and spiral further into that darkness was a consuming journey. Lu managed to create someone who is both prone to good and evil intentions, who walks that fine line so carefully that you manage to be both disgusted with her actions and feel sympathy for her struggle.
There is a bit of a death toll in this book, and while I wasn’t surprised by some I was definitely surprised at the swiftness in which some characters disappeared. Lu excels at subtly in her scenes, pulling on the heartstrings only when needed.
The end was a little inevitable, but extremely fitting and effective. I loved the open-endedness of the epilogue/folk tale ending about the story of the White Wolf, both a hero and a villain.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 12 October, 2016: Finished reading
- 12 October, 2016: Reviewed